News Briefs
More than 280 teachers in a western Pennsylvania school district were on strike last week after a late-night bargaining session failed to produce a new contract.
October 28, 2008
Pennsylvania is appealing a federal decision to end a 17-year-old universal feeding program in Philadelphia schools.
October 28, 2008
Maria Pitre has been approved as the Philadelphia public school system’s new chief academic officer.
August 25, 2008
Heidi A. Ramirez replaces James Nevels, who had chaired the commission.
March 25, 2008
A study requested by the legislature said the state would need to spend $2,500 more per child than it now spends to deliver a quality education.
January 15, 2008
Ted Kirsch, the president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, has resigned from the local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers that he led for 24 years to concentrate on his state-level duties.
July 17, 2007
Having a less-qualified teacher may have a detrimental effect on students’ attendance in a make-or-break year, study suggests.
May 22, 2008
The Pittsburgh school district believes cultivating effective instructional leaders is the key to school improvement.
April 29, 2008
For a $600-a-week stipend plus parking and meals, 14 retired teachers and other school employees are doing nuts-and-bolts campaign work for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
April 14, 2008
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell reserved one of the few increases in his proposed fiscal 2009 budget for education, saying it is important to funnel money into a new, fairer school funding formula.
February 12, 2008
Districts will now be able to offer four ways for students to prove their academic proficiency.
January 17, 2008
The Pittsburgh school district has secured a $100 million commitment to a fund that helps the city’s high school graduates afford college.
December 11, 2007
The state must increase spending by nearly 27 percent in order to reach its goal of bringing all students to proficiency in math and reading by 2014.
November 21, 2007
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell is proposing to bring all school employees under one insurance plan, rather than have individual school districts continue to provide their own.
September 27, 2007
